Chelsea: The Death of a Gay Neighborhood, Murred by Neo-Hetero-Homophob | HuffPost Voic

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• 'I WOULDN'T FEEL SAFE AS A GAY CHELSEA PLAYER RIGHT NOW' - HOW THE BLU' LGBT+ FAN GROUP IS CHALLENGG -STADIUM ABE
• NEW YORK GAY DISTRICT: CHELSEA
• ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER
• GAYT PLAC IN MASSACHETTS FOR 2020
• AFTER 20 YEARS, CHELSEA GAY BAR G LOUNGE TO CLOSE
• CHELSEA: THE DEATH OF A GAY NEIGHBORHOOD, MURRED BY NEO-HETERO-HOMOPHOB
• TOP GAY CLUBS & BARS CHELSEA (NEW YORK CY)GAY CLUBS & BARS CHELSEA
• CHARL BARKLEY FENDS LGBTQIA+ MUNY, BUD LIGHT EXPLETIVE-FILLED RANT: ‘IF YOU’RE GAY, GOD BLS YOU’
• UGANDA'S LGBTQ MUNY IS ' SHOCK' OVER NEW MEASURE, GAY ACTIVIST SAYS
• THE REAL STORY OF THE YMCA THAT INSPIRED THE VILLAGE PEOPLE'S GAY ANTHEM

'I WOULDN'T FEEL SAFE AS A GAY CHELSEA PLAYER RIGHT NOW' - HOW THE BLU' LGBT+ FAN GROUP IS CHALLENGG -STADIUM ABE

Goal's seri of terviews wh supporters' groups reprentg gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr fans ntu at Stamford Are The Shed, a die-hard group of Chelsea season ticket holrs, may not be the most stereotypil alli to the LGBT+ muny,.

NEW YORK GAY DISTRICT: CHELSEA

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ABOUT THE CENTERSCE 1983 THE CENTER HAS BEEN SUPPORTG, FOSTERG AND CELEBRATG THE LGBT MUNY OF NEW YORK CY. FD MORE RMATN ON AND OUR WORK ABOUT THE CENTER. VIS ABOUT THE CENTEROUR MISSNCYBER CENTERCENTER HISTORYRACE EQUYMEDIA CENTERLEARSHIP & STAFFEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNICORPORATE PARTNERSHIPSANNUAL REPORTS & FANCIAL INFORMATNCONTACT USHOURS & LOTNSEMAPSUPPORT THE CENTER

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The inic gay neighborhood of the past has been changed for the worse by the neo-hetero-homophobic-heterosexist transplants, who have reloted to New York Cy om small towns throughout the Uned Stat, brgg wh them their small mds. Throughout the recent years, gay men and women have been evicted om Chelsea and have been replaced by heterosexual women and men, whether sgle or upled, younger or olr, llege stunts or workg profsnals, most of whom are not gay-iendly but, ironilly, chose to move to a well-known, predomantly gay neighborhood bee they wanted to live a trendy, pretty, clean and safe area wh a lot of wonrful shoppg opportuni. An important qutn to ask is: do the heterosexuals who relote to Chelsea even know that was once a gay neighborhood, or do their heterosexist and heteronormative thkg and behavr make them obliv and egocentric?

) We were faiar wh Chelsea bee, like so many other gay men, we were regular visors sce the mid and late 1990s, pg our own predomantly heterosexual and heterosexist -- and often homophobic -- neighborhoods Brooklyn for a taste of gay life.

GAYT PLAC IN MASSACHETTS FOR 2020

Fally, here are new nam for our once-beloved Chelsea: Hetero-sea, Straight-sea, Straight-sgl-sea, Straight-upl-sea, Wt Gramercy, Gramercy Wt, Transplant-sea, Tourist-sea, College-stunt-sea, Spoiled-brat-sea, Tst-fund-baby-sea, Sorory-girl-sea, Frat-boy-sea, Privileged-sea, Entled-sea, Immature-sea, Stupid-sea, Small-town-sea, Wanna-be-sea, Get-a-life-sea, Stroller-sea, Pdish-sea, Luxury-buildg-sea, Big-rporate-bs-sea, Shoppg-sea, Heterosexist-sea, Homophobia-sea and Not-home-for--anymore-sea! All thgs to doBars & ClubsComedy ClubsGay Clubs & BarsDance Clubs & DissJazz Clubs & BarsPiano BarsDowntown Manhattan (Downtown)Greenwich VillageHell's KchenWt VillageChelseaGood for a Ray DayGood for CouplBudget-iendlyGood for KidsGood for Big GroupsHoneymoon spotGood for Adrenale SeekersHidn GemsFree EntryAdventuro3 plac sorted by traveler favorWhat travelers are saygWas my first time to this party and WOW!!! AboutTrendy New York Cy neighborhood, pecially popular wh the gay & experiencExplore different ways to experience this ways to experience Chelsea and nearby attractnsThe area Neighborhood: ChelseaHome to hundreds of art galleri, betiful brownston, and one of New York’s newt and most popular attractns, Chelsea is one of the cy’s jewels when to neighborhood life.

KAMPALA, Uganda — Members of Uganda’s LGBTQ muny are shock and fear beg arrted after Parliament passed a measure that would make a crime to intify as gay and impose tough sentenc that clu the ath penalty certa s, an activist said “Anti-Homosexualy Bill, 2023” was passed wh a near-unanimo majory by lawmakers  the east Ain untry, where anti-gay sentiment ns ep. Ronald Kabuubi / APThe legislatn will next be sent to Print Yoweri Meveni, who has repeatedly nounced homosexualy, to be signed to Mugisha, one of a few Ugandans who live openly as gay, told Rters he was sred the measure would trigger “mass arrts of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer persons and mob vlence toward LGBTQ muni. There’s gog to be a lot of trma and s of mental health that will lead to a lot of suici, ” he relatns were already illegal Uganda, but supporters of the new law say is need to punish a broar array of LGBTQ activi, which they say threaten tradnal valu the nservative and relig East Ain measure clus steep sentenc that clu ath for “aggravated homosexualy” and life prison for same-sex relatns.

AFTER 20 YEARS, CHELSEA GAY BAR G LOUNGE TO CLOSE

Vcent and the Grenad, where gay sex is still crimalized.From homelsns to ongog physil and verbal abe, the gay muny the small natn of some 100,000 people says is unr nstant threat.“Every LGBT person terviewed by Human Rights Watch said they wished to leave the untry immediately or had envisned their future abroad,” the report stated.In St. Vcent, anal sex is punishable by up to 10 years prison, while “gross cency” wh another person of the same sex is punishable by up to five years, acrdg to lonial-era laws that are mon the socially nservative Caribbean regn.While rarely voked, the rights group and a lol activist said the laws help legimize hostily and abe agast gay people.“The laws still have an impact,” said Jhua Bardoo, an ternatnal human rights lawyer om St.

“The (LGTBQ) muny the untry is very, very margalized and vulnerable.”Human Rights Watch terviewed more than 20 members of the island’s LGBTQ muny who shared their stori but were not intified to protect them, notg that lol police are often openly discrimatory toward gay people who seek help.A 58-year-old bisexual man relled how someone h him the head wh a bottle an attack that cracked his skull and put him a a.

One gay man relled how his classmat beat him and broke his arm.Several reported that their fai are homophobic and physilly and verbally abed them, g them to bee homels and promptg some to nsir suici.Many also stggle to fd jobs amid a high unemployment rate and said they face discrimatn, cludg a 19-year-old gay man who said he has rorted to beggg: “Sometim I am so hungry. That kd of irratnal homophobia is entirely unacceptable.”González wh Human Rights Watch noted that 2019, the ernment held a workshop for public employe on the importance of rpectg gay rights, a rare move for a nservative Caribbean natn.

CHELSEA: THE DEATH OF A GAY NEIGHBORHOOD, MURRED BY NEO-HETERO-HOMOPHOB

Chelsea pta Car Azpilicueta says he tackl ments that are "out of place" aimed at gay iends, addg that he wants to create a "safe environment" at Chelsea for LGBTQ+ players to feel wele at Stamford an exclive terview wh Chelsea's Pernille Harr and Magda Eriksson, Azpilicueta spoke to The HangOut - a llaboratn between Sky Sports and Ten To Media - about LGBTQ+ cln at the Blu.

Last year, Blackpool's Jake Daniels beme the UK's first active male profsnal footballer to e out publicly as gay sce Jt Fashanu 1990, while 2021 Alai Uned's Josh Cavallo also me whether this had been talked about the Chelsea drsg room, Azpilicueta revealed: "It was discsed bee, of urse, was big news. Almost a year after beg the first openly gay player men's profsnal football, Alai Uned midfielr Josh Cavallo spoke wh Tim Thornton about his life sce the announcement and how his cisn has helped to spire others.

The list shows that gayborhoods have evolved om plac anchored by servic, bars, and large queer muni — like the Village and Chelsea — to smaller, more diffe enclav throughout the boroughs. Although the servic and bars are ls ncentrated, the existence of newer gayborhoods monstrate the ntued need for LGBTQ safe havens, s for anizg and ristg the stat quo, and plac to socialize and love eely are still need. Chelsea is home to proment natnal LGBTQ anizatns, like the media watchdog, GLAAD; the Gay, Lbian and Straight Edutn Network (GLSEN); and a Servic & Advocy for GLBT Elrs (SAGE) office.

TOP GAY CLUBS & BARS CHELSEA (NEW YORK CY)GAY CLUBS & BARS CHELSEA

“It is still one of the largt centers of LGBTQ bars, anizatns, historic s and monuments, like the Stonewall Natnal Monument and the Gay Liberatn sculpture, and remas the disputably appropriate lotn for the NYC Pri March to culmate, ” Kancilia said. The ftival was anized by the Third Avenue Bs Improvement District, which held a fundraiser for — lled the “Big Gay Bronx Bnch” — at Charlie’s Bar & Kchen Mott Haven’s hip, historic clock tower buildg.

Beyond this clter of nightlife optns, the neighborhood is home to the Queens Pri Hoe, the Queens Center for Gay Senrs and the Dari Project, a grassroots group aimed at creasg acceptance of LGBTQ people of Korean scent Korean Amerin muni. “Followg two recent attacks on gay and trans dividuals, one that reportedly occurred hours after this year’s pri para and another jt four days later, lol groups quickly mobilized to hold a rally to voice ncerns and promote tolerance. The analysis also looked at the Natnal Gay and Lbian Chamber of Commerce’s public list of LGBT-owned bs, intified out LGBTQ elected officials currently office and referenced the NYC LGBT Historic S Project for further ntext.

In the 40 years sce the Village People released “YMCA, ” the song has bee a cultural touchstone: a gay anthem famo for s nuendos and double entendr about young, f men “havg a good time, ” as well as a staple at Yanke gam and bar song has also immortalized the Young Men's Christian Associatn pop culture. Yet former rints of the McBurney Y Chelsea — the buildg that spired the song, and which was featured the vio released late 1978 — say the realy of stays at the YMCA those days was more plited than the lyrics portray, wh gay culture and workg-class workouts existg a sgle munal space. Meanwhile, hoekeepers me not jt to offer towels and change your sheets, but to keep an eye on you, Kangappadan of the song’s charm, of urse, is s petg terpretatns: It n be read equally well as a celebratn of gay culture or of the workg man.

CHARL BARKLEY FENDS LGBTQIA+ MUNY, BUD LIGHT EXPLETIVE-FILLED RANT: ‘IF YOU’RE GAY, GOD BLS YOU’

And as a Sp oral history revealed on the song's 30th anniversary ten years ago, even the group self didn't agree on the proper Hodo (“the nstctn worker”) sisted to Sp that Jacqu Morali, the French producer who helped create the group and -wrote the song wh lead sger Victor Willis (“the p”), certaly had the gay muny md when he me up wh the song. For far too long, homophobic sults have been ed to nigrate opposn players or fans, so 's time the thori took the issue serlyFor years, homophobia has been an easy, acceptable go-to for fans orr to nigrate opposn players or this fortable notn of vile abe jt beg part of the game is beg challenged, phed back, and January, the Crown Prosecutn Service (CPS) – the ma public agency for prosecutg crim England and Wal – announced that the "rent boys" chant often heard at football grounds Bra, and pecially aimed at Chelsea players eher at the club or on loan, is a hate crime, meang clubs whose fans sg the offensive songs n be punished as they would be for chant was heard recently at the League Cup semi-fal between Tottenham and Chelsea, and at Millwall vers Crystal Palace the FA Cup third round where on-loan Eagl midfielr Conor Gallagher was targeted, while Billy Gilmour has also been on the receivg end durg Norwich match this chant self dat back to the 1980s and the popular narrative regardg s orig is that a member of the famo right-wg hooligan group, the Chelsea Headhunters, was found bed wh a male prostute, or rent boy, durg a dawn raid by police, wh the news exposed by tabloids. "As a Chelsea fan, Glanvill says the chant mak him and many other supporters eply unhappy – not on acunt of their sexualy, but on the fact that homosexualy should not be viewed as somethg to be mocked, monised and says: "Irrpective of s origs, the tnt the ‘rent boys’ chant is that all Chelsea fans are gay and sex workers and, as a Blu fan, hearg directed at you uld leave you a quandary.

UGANDA'S LGBTQ MUNY IS ' SHOCK' OVER NEW MEASURE, GAY ACTIVIST SAYS

"There’s also the propagatn of a nasty stereotype, prevalent at the height of the AIDS epimic, that gay people are more promiscuo and sleazy than straight people – who, let’s face , are jt as liable to e sex workers as the next person.

"I jt fd pletely ignorant and prepostero, and although I’m never offend by a suggtn I might be homosexual, ’s the tentn behd the chant, as a slur and an sult to the gay muny, that mak abive. "Comg om a time when homophobia was the norm Brish society, the chant now liv on football stadiums, where n be stripped of all ntext and meang to be thrown out as a sual sult by those who know ltle and re ls about what they are is now beg challenged at a high level.

"Amann, speakg exclively to GOAL earlier this month, said he met wh the CPS, Merseysi Police and other thori after the Norwich game Augt, and was rmed back then that the CPS were planng on prosecutg the sgg of the rent boys chant as a hate said: "We know the CPS posn was very clear that they viewed this as a homophobic hate crime.

THE REAL STORY OF THE YMCA THAT INSPIRED THE VILLAGE PEOPLE'S GAY ANTHEM

"Amann is proud of the strong stance his club has taken, wh Klopp and Liverpool pta Jordan Henrson among the most high profile figur football to speak out support of LGBT+ says that is important that alli are as vol as LGBT+ people when to stampg out homophobic chants, and is up to groups like Kop Outs to start that said: "Part of the role we need to play as LGBT+ fan groups is to engage wh our fellow supporters, and say, why do we have to be so negative when there is so much posive to sg about. "The FA has shown some teeth the past year when to tacklg homophobia, notably when Morembe player Yann Songo'o was banned for six match for abg an opponent January 2021, later apologisg for his to homophobic behavur om fans, however, has not stepped up yet the way most supporters would like to see. Febary the UK is LGBT History Month, as well as the Football v Homophobia Month of is no better time for the FA to take a stand agast a chant which has s roots a time when homophobia was socially acceptable – nearly half a century ago – and help stamp out forever a vile blight on the will w the Premier League tle this season?